c5a.2xlarge vs c8i-flex.2xlarge

Instance Typec5a.2xlargec8i-flex.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlargec8i-flex.12xlarge, c8i-flex.16xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i-flex.8xlarge, c8i-flex.large, c8i-flex.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargec7i-flex.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge
Variantsc5.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5n.2xlargec8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3200 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.2xlarge
c8i-flex.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.3561
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.3490
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.18800.3561
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.3561
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36400.4231
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36800.4231
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.36800.4441
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38000.4483
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.38000.4650
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.38400.4776
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.38800.4883
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.40000.5488
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32800.3561
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33600.3561
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34400.3820
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34400.3821
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34800.3896
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35200.4022
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36400.4064
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36400.4106
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.3080n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.3080n/a
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